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DIESTOCK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. 191B.

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APPLICATION FILED sPT.l6.191a.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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IRA W. NON'NEMAN, OF WARREN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BORDEN COMPANY, 0F

WARREN, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO. i

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Application led September 16, 1918.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, IRA W. NONNEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Warren, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Useful Improvement in Diestocks, of whichy the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom-k panying drawings.

In the cutting of male threads on a pipe it is frequently desirable to be able to cut the threads to various depths dierent from the standard, in order to make an accurate engagement with a previously threaded female fitting. An object of this invention is to provide in a very simple form a die stock adapted to be readily adjusted for this purpose. To this end I have provided a rotary frame,thread cutting chasers carried thereby, and a simple device for simultaneously adjusting all of the chasers to different distances from the axis and locking them in this position. My invention is hereinafter more fully described and its essential characteristics are summarized in the claims.

The drawings illustrate an approved form of my invention. Figure 1 is an end elevation of a die stock embodying the same; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the die stock from the opposite side of Fig. 1, being a section through the pipe being threaded; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the .die stock showing a pipe partly broken away; Fig. 4 is a detail, being a cross section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a perspective viewv of one of the chasers employed.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 10 represents a suitable rotary chaser-carrying frame. This frame is in the form of a ring having housings for carrying the chasers and sockets in which the operating handles are fitted. The housings consist of recesses in the frame provided by bosses 11 on the rear side of the frame and plates 12 extending across the recesses and secured to the main plate 10 by screws 13. The chasers designated 20 have angular shanks occupying these recesses.Y The sockets for the handles are integral tubular bosses 15 formed as a part of the frame 10. Into these sockets screw the end portion of the usual operating handles 30.

Each chaser 20 is formed with a groove 21 in its side face comparatively near the toothed edge 22. This groove has its outer Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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wall 23 at right angles to the length of the chasers, but its inner wall 24 at an acute angle thereto. 40 indicates a cup-like bushing having a flange 41 adapted to embrace the pipe being threaded to form a guide for it anda cylindrical flange 42 snugly occupying the bore 16 of the frame 10. This cylindrical flange 42 is slotted where it extends across the chasers, the edge wall thus provided occupying the notches 21 of the chasers. The inner face of this flange 42 is tapered correspondingly to the taper of the chaser shoulders 24. Thewall 42 therefore makes an effective abutment limiting the position of the chasers, while this p0sition may be adjusted by changing the posi-y tion of the sleeve member 40.

To hold the chasers in adjusted position I have provided a suitable lock for the bushing 40, consisting of a set screw 50 screwing through a boss on theannular flange 18 on the rear face of the chaser frame and abutting against the member 40. To enable the accurate positioning of this member I prof which engages threads 44 on the member 40,

and limits the movement thereof into the chaser frame, by reason of the threaded ring abutting the rear face of the chaser frame. This ring 52 is clamped in position on the member 40 by means of the screw-bolt 53 screwing through one of the ears 54 on the ring 52 and into the` other ear 54 on that ring.

By the construction described, the vmember 40 is normally held in a xedrelation to the chaser-carrying frame 10 and therefore provides a fixed abutment for the chasers 20. When it is desired to vary the position of these chasers toward or from the axis of rotation the screws 50 and 53 are loosened, the nut 52 rotated in one direction or the other and again clamped in position by the Y I prefer to make longitudinal notchesL L15, in the cylindrical skirt 42 of the clamping member 40. Y

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is: Y

1. In a die stock, the combination of a frame having al bore, chasers carried; by the frame extending into the bore, a bushing occupying the frame having openingsthrough Which the chasers extend, said bushing having a tapered interior, and said chasers havn ing correspondingly tapered shoulders engaged by tapered surface of the bushing.

2; In' a die stock, the combination of a rotary frame, chasers carried thereby having shoulders on their sides, a sleeve extendingithrough a borel in the chaser Jframe ha-ving slots, the Walls oli which straddle the chasers, one of said Walls engaging the shoulders ofthe chasers andl being internally taperedl. Y

v3. In a die stock the combination of a chaser trame' having an internal bore, ra-

diali housings carried by the frame, chasers occupying said housings, av sleeve occupying sa-id bore andi having slots embracing the chasers, portions ofthe sleeve adjacent to thev slots engagingv the shoulders of the chasers, saidsleeve being internally taperedv andvthe shoulders correspondingly tapered. 4.In a diev stoclr, the combination ofV a frame, chasers-carried thereby having shoulders between the ends ofthe chasers, a sleeve havingV slo-ts'roccupiedl by the chasers, the edgev portions of the sleeves adjacent the slots straddling'- the chasers andV being adapted toengage the chaser shoulders, and means for'clamping the sleeve to the chaser frame. Y v

5'. Ifn a die.y stock, thel combination of a ro tary frame, chasers carried thereby having shoulders on their sides, a sleeve extendingV through abore inthe lchaser frame having slots, the walls. of Whichv straddle the chasers,

one ofsaid vvalls'engaging the shoulders orf ythe chasers andbeinginternally tapered, and

means for clamping said sleeve tothe chaser frame. i v

6. Ina die'stock, the combination ofa chaser frame having an internal bore, radial housings carried by the frame, chasers occupying said housings, a sleeve occupying said `bore and` having slots embracing the chasers, portions of the sleeve adjacent to the slots vengaging the shoulders of the chasers,vsaid sleeve being internally tapered: and the shoulders correspondingly tapered, and a set screw screwing through a boss on the chaser frame and abutting against said sleeve. y

7. In a die stock, the combination of a frame havinga bore, chasers carried by the frame extending into the bore, a bushing occupying the frame 'having openings through Which the chasers extend, said bushing. having a tapered interior, said chasers having Vshoulders engagedA by tapered-'face of the bushing., and means Vfor positioning the bushing in the frame and rigidly clamp- .King it thereto.

8. In a die stock, the combination of a roers, one of said Walls engaging the shoulders of the chasers, and a split internally threaded ring surrounding the sleeve and having a threaded engagement With it and adaptedto form an adjustable abutment against the chaser frame.

9. In a die stock, the combination of a chaser fra-me having an internalV bore, ra

dial housings carried by the frame, chasers occupying said housings, asleeve occupying said bore and having slots embracing the chasers, portions of theV sleeve'adjacent to thel slots engaging the shoulders of the chasers, said sleeve being internally ta` peredY and the shoulders correspondingly tapered, said sleeve extending beyond the chaser frame and, carrying an external thread at such point, an abutment nut sur-y rounding the'fsleeve on said; tlled, and

means for clamping theabutmentnut to the sleeve. u c 10; In a die stock, the combination of a rotaryfra'me', a plurality of chasers carried thereby, and means adjustablev as aunitY and adapted to be clamped to a chaser-carryingV frame for defining the eective position- 'of the chasers, and a'pipeguide carriedbyv said means. Y

11. Ina die stock, the combination of a rotary frame, a bushing having its Wall occupylng the interior of the frame, vsaid. Wall being internally tapered, chasers carried' by the frame extending through the *bushingl and. having shoulders engaged by said-tapered port-ion, the bushing.v

Aand a pipe guide carried by*` 12. In a die :sto-ck, the combinationA of a Y Y rotary frame, chasers carried thereby, and a sleeve adj ustably secured to the frameand` providing an adjustable` limit for the V'chasers and adapted to engage the exterior of'a pipe being threaded and thus provide a guide for the die stock.

13. In a die stock, the combination vof a frame, chasers carried thereby having shouls ders, afV sleeve having slots occupied Vby the chasers,\the edge portions of the sleeve adjacent the slots being adapted to engage the chasershoulders, said sleeve having Van in vv'ardly directed flange having a bore adaptV ed to embrace the pipe being threaded and guide the die stock. Y

14. Ina die stock, the combination 'of a rotary frame, a cup-shaped lbushing hav` ing its Wall occupying they interior of the 1370 frame, said Wall being internally tapered, chasers carried by the frame extending through the bushing and having shoulders engaged by said tapered portion, the head of the cup-shaped portion carrying a pipe uide, and means for positioning the bushmg in the frame and rigidly Clamping it thereto.

15. In a die stock, the combination of a frame having housings, chasers carried therein and having shoulders, a sleeve eX- tending into a central bore in the Jframe and internally tapered and having slots occupied by the chasers, the edge portions of the sleeve adjacent the slots being adapted to engage the Chaser shoulders, means on the sleeve for positioning it, and means for clamping the sleeve to the Chaser frame, said sleeve having an inwardly directed flange having a bore adapted to embrace the exterior of a pipe being threaded and guide the die stock.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiix my signature. 1

IRA W. NONNEMAN.

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